Bale tie



April 15 1924. 1,490,527

W. P. AGEE, JR

BALE TIE Filed Oct. 1. 1923 IN VEN TOR.

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Patented WILLIAM P. AGEE, 53., OF HOPE, ARKANSAS.

BALE TIE.

Application filed October 1, 1923. Serial Io. 665,977.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VILLIAM P. Acne, Jr., a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Hope, in the county of Hempstead and State ofArkansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in BaleTies, of which the following is a specification,

reference being bad to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to bale ties and more particularly to a bale tieof the type employed for fastening cotton bales or bales of merchandise.

An important object of the invention is to provide a tie for thispurpose having a buckle so constructed. that pressure placed upon thebuckle by the side of the bale will not tend to loosen or free the same.

A further object of the invention is to provide a bale tie buckle forbale ties of this character having a pair of hooks, one of the hooksacting to brace the other of the hooks while the other of the hooks actsas a lock to prevent disengagement of the buckle from pressure placedthereon in any direction. but a direction opposite to the direction ofmovement in fastening the buckle.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of thischaracter the hooks of which are so constructed that they are readilyengaged in the tie.

A further object of the invention is to provide a buckle for bale tiesformed from a single piece of wire, both ends of which are employed ashooks, each hook pulling with the other hook and making slippingimpossible.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a bale tie andbuckle in combination therewith of such construction that In compressparhandling the bale.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a buckle the twohooks of which go through the tie (which tie has its ends doubled backand had holes punched through both ties) and each hook being spaced onebehind the other, lengthwise of the tie, and through the tie, makes itimpossible for the bottom tie to slip sideways out from under the toptie and form a spider.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a buckle on a tiethat all ends of both the buckle and the tie are tucked under the tieafter same has been placed on the bale. (This eliminates spiders whichno other buckle and tie has ever done.)

These and other objects I attain by the construction shown in theaccompanying drawings wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown apreferred embodiment of my invention and wherein Figure 1 is aperspective view showing a bale tie constructed in accordance with myinvention;

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional View through the bale tie;

Figure 3 is a plan view of the bale tie buckle detached; and

Figure 4 is a perspectiveview of a modified form of buckle, the bale tiebeing indicated in dotted lines. 7

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, the numeral 10indicates a bale tie having at one end a buckle receiving loop 11 andhaving the opposite end thereof doubled back and provided in the doublethickness thus formed with a plurality of uniformly spaced openings 12,which openings are elongated longitudinally of the tie band.

The buckle loop 11 receives a buckle 13 constructed from a single pieceof wire the ends 14 of which are bent back so that they converge towardone another. At the longitudinal center of the buckle these ends arebent in the plane of such longitudinal center and toward the bightportion 15 of the buckle. as indicated at 16, the inner end of one armbeing disposed more nearly adjacent the bight portion of the buckle thanthe inner end of the other arm and having the bend connecting the samewith its attached end portion more acute than the bend of the other endportion. The end portion 16 of such other arm 14: is of greater lengththan the end portion 16 of the first mentioned arm 1% and having thesame inclination thereas.

These end portions 16 and 16*, while they lie in a common plane,represented by the plane of the longitudinal center of the buckle,incline rearwardly and have their end portions downturned, as indicatedat 17. It is preferred that the space between corresponding faces of thebends connecting the end portions 16 and 16 of the buckle to theirrespective arms be spaced apart a distance equal to the distance betweencorresponding ends of the openings 12 although, as illustrated in Figure4;, the spacing between corresponding faces may, if so desired, be madeonly equal to the thickness of the wire from which the buckle is formedso that the inner face of the outer end portion will abut the outer faceof the inner end portion.

The openings 12 in conjunction with a buckle of the above character andof the first form described will be made of a length equal toapproximately twice the diameter of the wire employed in forming thebuckle and of a width equal to the diameter of such wire. In conjunctionwith a buckle of the second construction the openings 12 will be made ofthe same width but of slightly greater length. In the use of the bucklethe down-bent end portions 17 serve as guides to assist in directing theends of the wire through the openings 12. When the buckle is in positionthe angular por tion 16*, being of greater length than the angularportion 16, serves as a brace and to prevent disengagement of the bucklefrom the openings while the second end portion 16 has a tendency to gripagainst the mate rial of the buckle to prevent separation of the tieends due to any slight looseness of the ends of the band. The points ordownbent terminal portions 17 tend to engage in the cotton to preventany shifting of the bale tie upon the bale in addition to assisting inentering the end portions 16 and 16 in the openings. Such a buckle canonly be disengaged by relative movement of the bale tie end portionstoward one another and such a movement is impossible in ordinaryhandling of the bale. It will be noted that all end portions of thebuckle lie entirely beneath the tie as also does the excess length ofthetie where they are completely hidden so that projections of such endportions to form spiders is entirely eliminated. Attention is directedto the fact that due to the fact the buckle is held straight with oneend portion of the tie by the engagement of its bight portion in thebuckle loop thereof and of the fact that the hooks of the buckle are inalignment, the buckle cannot be engaged with the free end of the tieuntil the ends of such free end can move from beneath the buckle end ofthe tie to form a spider. It will be obviousthat the constructionhereinbefore set forth is capable of a certain range of change andmodification without in any manner departing from the spirit of myinvention and I accordingly do not limit myself to such specificstructure as hereinbefore set forth except as hereinafter claimed.

I claim 1. In combination with a fiat metallic bale tie provided at oneend With a transversely extending buckle receiving loop and at theopposite end thereof with longitudinally spaced elongated openings, astraight back buckle comprising a bight portion adapted to be engaged insaid loop andhaving the end portions thereof converging forwardly fromsuch bight-portion, such end portions being each reverted and havingsuch reverted portions disposed in the same plane.

2. In combination with a strap metal bale tie provided at one end with abuckle receiving loop and at the opposite end thereof withlongitudinally spaced elongated openings, a straight back bucklecomprising a bight portion adapted to be engaged in said loop and havingthe end portions thereof converging forwardly from such bight portion,such end portions being each reverted and having such reverted portionsdisposed in the same plane, said reverted portions being each providedat its free end with a downturned guide portion, the connection of thereverted portions with such end portions being spaced apart a distanceequal to the distance between corresponding ends of the openings of saidbale tie.

3. In combination with a strap metal bale tie provided atone end with abuckle receiving loop and at the opposite end thereof withlongitudinally spaced openings, a straight back buckle comprising abight portion adapted to be engaged in said loop and by its engagementheld against movement with relation to the buckle end of the tie, theend portions of said bight portions converging forwardly from such bightportion at different angles to the bight portion, such end portionsbeing each reverted in a plane bisecting the buckle end of the tie.

4. In combination with a strap metal bale tie provided at one end with abuckle receiving loop and at the opposite end thereof withlongitudinally spaced openings, a straight back buckle comprising abight portion adapted to be engaged in said loop and by its engagementheld against movement with relation to the buckle end of the tions Withthe end portions being spaced tie, the end portions of said bightportions apart a distance equal to the distance beconverging forwardlyfrom such bight portween corresponding ends of the openings 1 tion atdifferent angles to the bight porof said bale tie.

5 tion, such end portions being each revert- In testimony whereof Ihereunto afiix my ed in a plane bisecting the buckle end of signature.the tie, the connections of the reverted por- WILLIAM P. AGEE, JR.

